12.2% alc., pH 3.70, 95
cases, $55. Release fall 2013. The inaugural wine from a 2-acre block of Wädenswil clone, planted in 2008.
Picked at the highest Brix of the vintage (23º). Aged in 25% new and 25% 1-year French oak barrels.
·Moderately light reddish purple color in the glass. Shy but pleasant aromas of darker berry preserves, dark
chocolate and rose petal. The most extracted wine in the 2011 lineup with bold, flamboyant flavors of black
grape, blackberry and boysenberry underlain with toasty oak. Brooding and fruit-driven with rugged tannins.
Should benefit from 2-3 years in the cellar.Score:88.
Reviewed January 20, 2014